Ebay Stereo question

Bosco · Post by **Bosco** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:03 pm

Does anyone know anything about these models listed here?

I just think it looks like a sweet deck for a good deal. Wondering if anyone has had experience with this seller or cd player... Lemons?

BTW... speaking of the 6 disc in dash for legacies...

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:14 pm

The bose come with the wire harnes, that would be easy to install.

The legacy ones will need a wire harness, check with scosche.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:54 pm

Yeah, like ciper says, the harness connector is different, so you'll have to do something about that. These people have their facts wrong; they say "93-04 Legacy" but they really mean "95-04 Legacy" if they're talking about the US market. If these aren't USDM units then there may or may not be issues with radio frequencies. The sticker claims FCC compliance, though, so they're probably USDM.

I think the Scosche part numbers you'd want are SU02 (to connect to your factory wiring) and SU03R (to connect to the new stereo).

Bosco · Post by **Bosco** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 3:58 am

Thanks for the info guys.
I realize that I'd have to get the wiring clips.

I was hoping maybe someone around here had purchased one of these from this fella before. It seems he has been selling them for a while.

I'm more concerned about getting ripped off

or buying a piece of junk

than I am about installing it.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:11 am

Oh.

Well, if he's selling what he appears to be advertising, then you're getting an OEM Subaru stereo, with the same quality as any other... If you want to see it in person maybe you could ask your dealer if he has part number 86201AE40A lying around. It's always possible that the stereo may have internal damage or whatnot, though, I guess...

He says the "suggested industry price" is over a thousand dollars, which isn't true; list price for that part number is around $650.

Maybe you should see if you'd be protected by PayPal's Buyer Protection Policy, or if this seller would be willing to use escrow.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:13 am

Ha ha ha. I've pondered the same thing about these stereos - they've been around for a while. Now it's a moot point due to the movement of manufacturing overseas (my plant closed down to go to Malaysia).

Steve

123c · Post by **123c** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:23 am

I find it odd that the seller blanked out the seriel numbers in the pictures...

BTW, they are all Panasonic head units...

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:28 am

Hehe, yeah, and you gotta wonder where he gets all these factory stereos...

Actually it's probably just so that he can take a picture of one and use it in many auction listings.

Or both...

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:47 am

[Sopranos voice] Can you b'lieve these freakin stereos just fell off a truck? Just fell the f@ck off. The guy kept goin. I tried to get 'im to stop, but what are you gonna do? Ah, fuggetaboutit! Don worry about dose serial numbis. You don need that shit! Ain't no one gonna look at 'em. You wanna buy dese or what?! Mutha...

Steve

Opie · Post by **Opie** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:20 pm

The 6-disc units he is selling is the same one that comes in the new Baja Turbo's....and the single disc units are just like the one in my wife's '03 Legacy.

Wonder where he did get them all?

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:29 pm

evolutionmovement wrote:[Sopranos voice] Can you b'lieve these freakin stereos just fell off a truck? Just fell the f@ck off. The guy kept goin. I tried to get 'im to stop, but what are you gonna do? Ah, fuggetaboutit! Don worry about dose serial numbis. You don need that shit! Ain't no one gonna look at 'em. You wanna buy dese or what?! Mutha...

Steve

LMFAO..

Bosco · Post by **Bosco** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:38 pm

Well, I decided to be the guniea pig on this one.

I Bought the deck and recieved it within a couple days.
That was the easy part.
I'm now off to a junkyard to hack the stereo wiring clip out of a 95 impreza. I had to choose this route (hope it works) because for all my searching I can't find anyone who actually sells the scoche clip I need (su03r), and the subaru dealers can't sell me a factory clip because it is worked in as part of the whole instrument panel wiring harness. (I could get it but it'd be three hundred-something dollars.)

The good news is that Opie was correct about that deck being the exact same one that is in the new Baja Turbos. I peeked in one the other day at the dealer. At least I know I got the real thing and not a POS imitation.

bqboy · Post by **bqboy** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:32 am

hey bosco, i bought that 6cd-changer and got it install. its great at all, not that much problem, the only problem is the wire harness. i i bought the harness for year 95+ in the dealer and connect the wires w/ the help of vrg3. so if you need help feel free to ask me. good luck w/ it

btw i need help to hood up the amp and supwoofer for that changer. i dont know how to connect the REM wire. can any one help?

thz

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 5:43 pm

Well, you might be able to use the power antenna/remote turn on wire. It depends on whether the stereo turns it on in all modes or only in radio mode.

If it only does it in radio mode, I'm afraid you'll just have to tap the accessory line and have your amp/sub powered whenever the car's running.

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:41 am

Bosco, I dont mean to make fun of you but SCOSCHE sells the connecter you speak of directly to consumers if you just ask

Bosco · Post by **Bosco** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 6:49 am

Hey Ciper, Poke fun all you want. I expect and deserve it. Like I said before, I do everything the hardest way possible and never quite right.

I went to the U-Pull yard and got the harness for free! The Impreza had already had the dash ripped out and the stereo was just sitting there, so I didn't even need to use a screwdriver.

I also found a 91 legacy there and picked up a window switch I was missing, some much needed washer fluid nozzles, and a spare moonroof switch assembly for my project I recently spoke about.
All for free! The guy just told me to come back and buy something bigger next time. Woo HOO!

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 12:48 am

Is it the right direction though? If you cut the dash harness from an older impreza you get a male and female WRX style connector and one "car side" older style connector. To hook up the new radio you would need a "radio side" old style car connector and a "car side" WRX style connector.

Its funny, I did the same thing yesterday (found an old impreza with the radio out and took the harnes)

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